How to clean copper fast

Copper is a darling addition to any home’s decor but keeping it polished and pretty has kept me far, far away until I learned this little trick.

How To Clean COPPER fast!

I love when different metallic finishes are used in a home. To me, decorating with metals (whether it’s brass, copper, nickel, chrome) is an effortless way to add a sprinkle of panache.

I don’t know what it is about metallic that makes it so appealing to me. Maybe the reason I’m drawn to it is the touch of glam I think it brings as it bounces light around a space in the beautiful, unexpected ways.

But then there’s the reality of keeping it tarnish free. Hmm, like that’s going to happen!

Who wants the job? Not me.

So when I spied this nifty copper canister set at the Fancy Flea a couple of weeks ago…(mind you they DID NOT look clean like this) I almost passed!

Until, the sweet lady selling them caught me eyeing them and said,

You know about the ketchup, right?

Yes, Ketchup!

That’s right.

As in, the red stuff you have in the fridge right now.

I squirted a good amount on a paper towel,

wiped it on,

let it sit a minute or two,

then rinsed it off in the kitchen sink.

Boom!

Crazy! It does all the work!

There you have it. An old fashioned, chemical free way of cleaning copper that works like a charm.

Fear the tarnish no more, you know the power of the condiment!

Do you have any ‘off-label’ uses up your sleeve? I’d love to hear.

xxoo

Oh, and if you liked my tip on how to clean copper fast, you’ll want to check out my secret to keeping our granite clean & shiny too.

I too have a love affair with copper. If you are only going to use the copper item for decoration, you can clean it with the ketchup and then spray it with clear spray paint/ shellac. It will never tarnish again.

I bought my sister a gorgeous old fashioned copper tea kettle for Christmas one year. She has never used it because 1) she would have to remove the laquer finish and 2)she’d have to remove tarnish and polish it periodically. So it now sits here waiting for me to decide whether it will be functional or just decorative. I wonder if the ketchup will change my sister’s mind….?!

Don’t know if this is old news to you but I just heard it last week. There had been a huge sticker on my secondhand fridge and I couldn’t get the residue off. Till someone told me to cover it with peanut butter and leave it on for a day. I could just wipe the whole thing clean with paper towel the next day!

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